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Houthis Dislodged From Shaab-Al-Jinn As Yemen Pro-Government Forces Report Heavy Fighting
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Houthis were dislodged from Shaab-Al-Jinn after clashes with pro-government forces. Saudi-led reinforcements suffered heavy losses, with dozens killed or wounded and many vehicles destroyed.
8 outlets told this the same way.
Desert front and global stakes
BBC journalists traveled with Yemen's pro-government forces in a pick-up truck through the desert in Shaab-al-Jinn in Lahj governorate, where Houthi rebels had been dislodged just days earlier. Commander Tawfiq Al Haboun said, "There was heavy fighting," and he added that Houthis had "snipers, artillery and ballistic missile launchers."
Tawfiq Al Haboun pointed to shards of fibre glass and bits of metal, which he said were part of a downed Houthi drone carrying C4 explosives. The Houthis seized the Bab al-Mandab area after a lighting advance in September, and until pro-government forces regain complete control, there would be pressure on global oil supplies and on prices.
Saudi airport attack and casualties
The BBC said missiles slammed into the international airport in Riyadh this weekend, and it described the Houthi attack as "the deadliest on Saudi soil in more than a decade." El Mundo said the missile strikes on Riyadh's International Airport on Saturday left 12 dead and about thirty wounded, and it added that another strike against the same facilities had already claimed three lives, including an airplane pilot, just 48 hours earlier.
El Mundo said the Houthis claim their attacks on targets such as airports and military and energy facilities respond to bombings by Saudi Arabia against their positions in Yemen, in support of internationally recognized government forces. The BBC reported that around 200,000 people had been driven from their homes since the start of this escalation at the beginning of September, citing the International Organization for Migration.
Retaliation, blockade, and escalation
PressTV reported that Yemen's Armed Forces said they carried out a missile and drone attack on facilities of Saudi Arabia's state-controlled oil company in Riyadh, and it said Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the strike "successfully achieved its objectives." Saree emphasized that the operation was launched in retaliation for 60 Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks on Sana'a and other Yemeni provinces over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of the enemy's attacks since the escalation began to 1,410.
The Sana'a administration declared a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia on July 20, in response to "an unfair and tyrannical siege" on Yemen lasting nearly 12 years. El Mundo said the truce signed in 2022 was broken last July, and it described the escalation as placing the conflict in "a new and uncertain scenario" for Mohamed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia's leadership.